Divine domains
13 deities from 10 traditions whose entries in this atlas list motherhood among their domains, grouped by tradition.
The most beloved of the Diné Holy People, 'Woman who changes', found as an infant on Chʼóolʼį́ʼí, mother of the Hero Twins by the Sun, and creator of the first Diné clans; she grows old and young again with the seasons.
A Holy Person who in Matthews's 1897 version lives with Changing Woman and is the mother of Born for Water; in many later tellings she is another name or aspect of Changing Woman herself.
The bear who, with a tiger, begs Hwanung to become human, endures twenty-one days in darkness eating only mugwort and garlic, becomes a woman, and by Hwanung bears Dangun, founder of the first Korean kingdom.
The daughter of Habaek, the River Earl, who is seduced and abandoned by Haemosu, banished by her parents, sheltered by King Geumwa of East Buyeo, and there lays the egg from which Jumong hatches; later worshipped by Goguryeo as a mother goddess.
The primordial mother goddess whose name lives on in the Tuatha Dé Danann, the divine tribe of Ireland. Though rarely appearing in myths directly, her presence permeates the land itself.
The Hittite mother goddess, 'the Grandmother', who when every other god has failed sends a bee to find the missing Telipinu.
The great Sumerian mother goddess, 'Lady of the Mountain', who presides over birth and the shaping of humankind. Under names such as Ninmah, Nintu, and Aruru, she fashions people from clay; in the Epic of Gilgamesh, as Aruru, she creates Enkidu.
Queen of the Aesir and wife of Odin. Goddess of marriage, motherhood, and the home. She possesses the power of prophecy but chooses not to reveal what she knows.
The Earth Mother, wife of Rangi the Sky Father. Papa lay in eternal embrace with Rangi until their children separated them, bringing light into the world. She remains the foundation upon which all life exists.
Goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility, and motherhood. Her cult was central to Roman plebeian identity. Mother of Proserpina (Persephone). Roman equivalent of Demeter.
The Orisha of the ocean and motherhood. Yemoja is the great mother of many Orishas and all sea creatures.
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